Originally Posted by
Tim McLelland
Referring back to the original photos on this thread, I should point-out (for anyone who doesn't realise) that the Typhoon isn't nearly as close to the ramp as it looks. The image is merely an effect of using a telephoto lens, from a vantage point further back in the Hercules.
... but it was very close, nonetheless. I saw it with eyes. My eyes. This bit of flying happened over my house in Cleethorpes and was widely discussed on various websites at the time, as well as making a few inches in the local Grimsby rag, *ahem* newspaper, as the town's mortals called the old bill in their droves (7) to report a 'near miss'.
Those 'in the know' at the time concluded on said various websites that the Typhoon was the first to respond to a request from the mother ship to inspect a problem.
Turns out they were just guessing (as per) and it was in fact this scheduled
PR jint.